03:08Hundreds of Sudanese refugees arrived at the Chadian border on
Wednesday in an attempt to flee violence in Sudan, amid the current armed conflict between the army and the paramilitary groups in the country.
Footage recorded in the frontier town of Koufroun features refugees arriving at the border on horse-backs and on foot with their personal belongings and residing in make-shift straw houses.
"The Janjaweed came to loot and burn our houses. They threatened us and took everything", recalled Mahamat Anderahim, a Sudanese refugee from Al Geneine. "Thank God we crossed the border into Chad with our belongings that we could save. We are safe, but we have suffered so much violence and looting. We crossed the border with a lot of suffering", he added.
According to the United Nations, in the past few days, between 10,000 and 20,000 people were estimated to have fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region crossing the border into neighbouring Chad. The organisation reported Eastern Chad already hosts over 400,000 Sudanese refugees.
A power struggle in Sudan between the army, led by the country’s de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of deputy leader General 'Hemedti’ Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, has been ongoing in recent years and broke out in an armed conflict on Saturday, April 15.
At least 512 people have been killed so far since the conflict flared up, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
Chad: 'We have suffered so much violence and looting' - Hundreds of Sudanese refugees arrive at border
Hundreds of Sudanese refugees arrived at the Chadian border on
Wednesday in an attempt to flee violence in Sudan, amid the current armed conflict between the army and the paramilitary groups in the country.
Footage recorded in the frontier town of Koufroun features refugees arriving at the border on horse-backs and on foot with their personal belongings and residing in make-shift straw houses.
"The Janjaweed came to loot and burn our houses. They threatened us and took everything", recalled Mahamat Anderahim, a Sudanese refugee from Al Geneine. "Thank God we crossed the border into Chad with our belongings that we could save. We are safe, but we have suffered so much violence and looting. We crossed the border with a lot of suffering", he added.
According to the United Nations, in the past few days, between 10,000 and 20,000 people were estimated to have fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region crossing the border into neighbouring Chad. The organisation reported Eastern Chad already hosts over 400,000 Sudanese refugees.
A power struggle in Sudan between the army, led by the country’s de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of deputy leader General 'Hemedti’ Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, has been ongoing in recent years and broke out in an armed conflict on Saturday, April 15.
At least 512 people have been killed so far since the conflict flared up, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
Hundreds of Sudanese refugees arrived at the Chadian border on
Wednesday in an attempt to flee violence in Sudan, amid the current armed conflict between the army and the paramilitary groups in the country.
Footage recorded in the frontier town of Koufroun features refugees arriving at the border on horse-backs and on foot with their personal belongings and residing in make-shift straw houses.
"The Janjaweed came to loot and burn our houses. They threatened us and took everything", recalled Mahamat Anderahim, a Sudanese refugee from Al Geneine. "Thank God we crossed the border into Chad with our belongings that we could save. We are safe, but we have suffered so much violence and looting. We crossed the border with a lot of suffering", he added.
According to the United Nations, in the past few days, between 10,000 and 20,000 people were estimated to have fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region crossing the border into neighbouring Chad. The organisation reported Eastern Chad already hosts over 400,000 Sudanese refugees.
A power struggle in Sudan between the army, led by the country’s de facto ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of deputy leader General 'Hemedti’ Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, has been ongoing in recent years and broke out in an armed conflict on Saturday, April 15.
At least 512 people have been killed so far since the conflict flared up, according to the country’s Health Ministry.